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sizemorejm · ‎06-08-2023

Is there a way to implement multiple tabs/pages for a single dashboard?

danspav · ‎06-12-2023

It's good to hear you're swapping between tabs - the next step is to update your searches.

At the moment, all searches are running when the dashboard loads. What we can do is update the searches so that they only run when their tab is active. That way we only run the searches the user wants.

To do that, update your search code so that they also have depends="$show_tab_X$":

 <row depends="$show_tab_1$">
    <panel>
      <title>Tab 1</title>
      <table>
        <search depends="$show_tab_1$">
          <query>| makeresults | eval title="Tab 1"</query>
        </search>
      </table>
    </panel>
  </row>
  <row depends="$show_tab_2$">
    <panel>
      <title>Tab 2</title>
      <table>
        <search depends="$show_tab_2$">
          <query>| makeresults | eval title="Tab 2"</query>
        </search>
      </table>
    </panel>
  </row>

Once the search is run, we want to keep the results, so when users click back to the tab the results are still there.

Cheers,
Daniel

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gcusello · ‎06-16-2023

Hi @sizemorejm ,

good for you, see next time!

Ciao and happy splunking

Giuseppe

P.S.: Karma Points are appreciated by all the contributors 😉

gcusello · ‎06-08-2023

Hi @sizemorejm ,

install the Splunk Dashboard Examples App (https://splunkbase.splunk.com/app/1603) and see the Link Switcher dashboard, is what you're searching.

Ciao.

Giuseppe

danspav · ‎06-08-2023

Hi @sizemorejm,

On Simple XML dashboards (aka Classic Dashboards) you can do that by using tokens.

When you set a token, you can make panels or rows show, or make searches run.

To make it show when the token exists use this:

There's more info on docs here:

https://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/SplunkCloud/9.0.2303/Viz/tokens#Access_tokens_to_show_or_hide_...

Here's a sample dashboard with 4 tabs that show based on which button you click:

<form version="1.1">
  <label>Tabbed Dashboard</label>
  <description>https://community.splunk.com/t5/Dashboards-Visualizations/Splunk-Dashboard/m-p/646374#M52808</description>
  <fieldset submitButton="false">
    <input type="link" token="page" searchWhenChanged="true" id="tab_menu">
      <label></label>
      <choice value="Tab 1">Tab 1</choice>
      <choice value="Tab 2">Tab 2</choice>
      <choice value="Tab 3">Tab 3</choice>
      <choice value="Tab 4">Tab 4</choice>
      <change>
        <condition value="Tab 1"><set token="show_tab_1">true</set><unset token="show_tab_2"></unset><unset token="show_tab_3"></unset><unset token="show_tab_4"></unset></condition>
        <condition value="Tab 2"><set token="show_tab_2">true</set><unset token="show_tab_1"></unset><unset token="show_tab_3"></unset><unset token="show_tab_4"></unset></condition>
        <condition value="Tab 3"><set token="show_tab_3">true</set><unset token="show_tab_1"></unset><unset token="show_tab_2"></unset><unset token="show_tab_4"></unset></condition>
        <condition value="Tab 4"><set token="show_tab_4">true</set><unset token="show_tab_1"></unset><unset token="show_tab_2"></unset><unset token="show_tab_3"></unset></condition>
      </change>
    </input>
  </fieldset>
  <row depends="$show_tab_1$">
    <panel>
      <title>Tab 1</title>
       <table>
        <search>
          <query>| makeresults
| eval title="Page 1"</query>
          <earliest>-24h@h</earliest>
          <latest>now</latest>
        </search>
        <option name="drilldown">none</option>
      </table>
    </panel>
    </row>
    <row depends="$show_tab_2$">
    <panel>
      <title>Tab 2</title>
    <table>
        <search>
          <query>| makeresults
| eval title="Tab 2"</query>
          <earliest>-24h@h</earliest>
          <latest>now</latest>
        </search>
        <option name="drilldown">none</option>
      </table>
    </panel>
    </row>
    <row depends="$show_tab_3$">
    <panel>
      <title>Tab 3</title>
    <table>
        <search>
          <query>| makeresults
| eval title="Tab 3"</query>
          <earliest>-24h@h</earliest>
          <latest>now</latest>
        </search>
        <option name="drilldown">none</option>
      </table>
    </panel>
    </row>
    <row depends="$show_tab_4$">
    <panel>
      <title>Tab 4</title>
     <table>
        <search>
          <query>| makeresults
| eval title="Tab 4"</query>
          <earliest>-24h@h</earliest>
          <latest>now</latest>
        </search>
        <option name="drilldown">none</option>
      </table>
      </panel>
  </row>
  <row depends="$CSS_ONLY$"><html><style>
#tab_menu { width: fit-content!important; }
div#tab_menu button{
                    height: 38px!important;
                    border: 1px solid #cccccc;
                    min-width: 100px;
                    /* background-color:#ffffff; */
                    width: auto;
                    padding: 10px;
                    margin-right: 8px;
                    color: #333333;
                    height: 55px;
                    border-radius:7px;
                    font-size: 16px;
                    }

div#tab_menu button[aria-checked="true"]{background-color:#006eaa!important;color:white!important;}
  </style></html></row>
</form>

Cheers,
Daniel

sizemorejm · ‎06-12-2023

Hello Daniel,

Your post was very helpful in solving my issue. I have another question regarding the use of tabs. So now I am able to swap between tabs, but in each tab I am calling different searches for individual tables. Is there a similar way to "unset" the search for a table when the tab is not in use? I am experiencing some lag, I believe.

Thanks,

James

danspav · ‎06-12-2023

Hi @sizemorejm,

It's good to hear you're swapping between tabs - the next step is to update your searches.

At the moment, all searches are running when the dashboard loads. What we can do is update the searches so that they only run when their tab is active. That way we only run the searches the user wants.

To do that, update your search code so that they also have depends="$show_tab_X$":

 <row depends="$show_tab_1$">
    <panel>
      <title>Tab 1</title>
      <table>
        <search depends="$show_tab_1$">
          <query>| makeresults | eval title="Tab 1"</query>
        </search>
      </table>
    </panel>
  </row>
  <row depends="$show_tab_2$">
    <panel>
      <title>Tab 2</title>
      <table>
        <search depends="$show_tab_2$">
          <query>| makeresults | eval title="Tab 2"</query>
        </search>
      </table>
    </panel>
  </row>

Once the search is run, we want to keep the results, so when users click back to the tab the results are still there.

Cheers,
Daniel

maayan · ‎07-10-2023

Great solution thank you!

I added "depends" to my all charts search, it's loading only the data in the current tab, but when I click on another tab (after the current tab finish to run) error is written in all charts: " Search was not dispatched. To adjust search dispatch settings, edit the dashboard XML"

Do you know why?

thanks,
Maayan

gcusello · ‎07-10-2023

Hi @maayan,

good for you, see next time!

Ciao and happy splunking

Giuseppe

P.S.: Karma Points are appreciated by all the contributors 😉

maayan · ‎07-10-2023

thanks but you didn't answer 🙂
what should I do if I switch between tabs I get the error: "Search was not dispatched. To adjust search dispatch settings, edit the dashboard XML"?

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